by Teresa Shields Parker | May 26, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Uncategorized
“When you are hemorrhaging, comfort food is a tourniquet and eating healthy seems like a long ride to the hospital when you might die,” a woman who came into our coaching group said to me. Ever feel this way? I know I have. I understood exactly what she meant... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 22, 2020 | Blog, Health, Poems and fiction, Uncategorized
When she was really, really, really, really fat She ceased to be free. She stopped trying. She stopped living. She simply existed. Her wings were broken, torn asunder By her own deceptively sweet, yet destructive habits. She sat alone nursing her tattered and... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 20, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Uncategorized
There is an epidemic of hopelessness that has been sweeping over the world in the last few months. Even as we begin to open our doors and peek out at the world, we are unsure of the future. We are unsure of what will happen next. It’s almost like we are just waiting... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | May 13, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Uncategorized
Most of us would choose to be a warrior for God, rather than a person who is a worrier. A worrier is someone who is trying to use their own resources to solve problems. A warrior knows she has to use God’s divine weapons. There is nothing else that will work. And yet,... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Apr 28, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, overcomers, Purpose, Uncategorized
The state we are all currently living in could be called the state of confusion. If you are like me, I don’t do well in confusion. I like to be decisive, to make a decision and stick to it, but these days no one wants to make a decision that goes past tomorrow at the... 
by Teresa Shields Parker | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Devotional, Health, Inspiration, Purpose, Uncategorized
“I tell women, healthy is the new sexy,” Verna Laboy, health educator for Columbia/Boone County, MO public health and human services declared. Laboy runs the Live Well By Faith program. Since heading up this program, she herself has lost 40 pounds and lowered her A1C... 
